Another Chibok girl escapes from Boko Haram captivity

Lydia Simon, another Chibok girl who escaped Boko Haram captivity, has been rescued by Sector One North-East Joint Taskforce Operation Hadin Kai forces.

The Theatre Commander of the Joint Taskforce, Major General Waidi Shuabu, told journalists at the theatre’s headquarters that the Chibok girl was recovered on April 17, 2024.

Lydia Simon escaped with three children: a boy and two girls.

She stated that she was married to three different men while in captivity, but two of them died, while the third is still alive in the Mandara Mountains.

She stated that the three children belong to the three guys she married.

“All these children have separate fathers. I married the first one he died while fighting. After mourning him, I married the second husband, he also died while fighting. After mourning him, I married the third man who is still alive on the mountains. We are not forced into marriage, they only preach to us.

“In Sambisa Forest, there are many Chibok girls but when we migrated to Mandara Mountains, I left six Chibok girls there.

“I told my husband that I was going to see my sister and he allowed me. I want to return to school but my brain may not absorb the teaching again because we think too much,” Lydia said.

The rescue of Lydia brings the number of rescued girls by the army to 18 and it has left about ninety of them unaccounted for.